A Coast Guard rescue team plucked one man from the Gulf of Mexico and are looking for four others after their fishing boat sank early Friday morning about 115 miles southeast of Galveston.

The Coast Guard received a distress alert about 3:30 a.m. and launched a jet and a helicopter to the scene. Rescuers spotted a man in an orange life raft waving his arms. He was then hoisted safely aboard the helicopter.

The man said he was among five crew members onboard a fishing boat that sank. He was taken to an nearby oil rig to be evaluated for injuries.

Coast Guard search crews were combing the area near where boat sank for the missing fishermen.